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Hill sparks Cane Cutters past the Flying Chanclas, 3-1

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Caleb Hill produced two hits, scored twice and generally made a nuisance of himself Thursday night as the Acadiana Cane Cutters downed the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio, 3-1, at Youngsville, La.

The loss was the second in two nights for the Chanclas at the hands of the Cane Cutters at Fabacher Field.

Acadiana no-hit San Antonio in a 5-0 victory on Wednesday. Three Cane Cutters pitchers — Bailey Holstein, Tyler Booth and Matthew Adams — spaced out nine hits for the victory in the series finale.

Hill’s two-out triple highlighted the fourth inning for Acadiana. Later, he scored the first run of the game on a single by Ethan Lege.

Newcomer Bryan Aguilar sparked an uprising that allowed the Chanclas to tie the game. Aguilar doubled, stole third and came home to knot the score at 1-1 in the top of the seventh.

In the bottom half, two Chanclas errors helped the Cane Cutters regain the lead.

Hill opened the inning with a bunt and would up on second courtesy of a miscue by catcher Nick Wolff. Hill scored when Peyton LeJeune reached on a single and an error on right fielder Jordan Thompson.

The Cane Cutters struck again in the eighth. Logan McLeod singled, stole second and moved to third on a hit by Trace Henry. Hill followed with an RBI single for a 3-1 lead.

The Chanclas had a chance to tie it in the ninth but came up short. With two outs, Thompson singled and Ryan Flores doubled to put runners at second and third. Adams got out of it by striking out Kyte McDonald to end the game.

San Antonio entered the series in Louisiana on a four-game winning streak, including three wins at Wolff Stadium against Acadiana.

The scheduled opener of the Texas Collegiate League series in Youngsville wasn’t played Tuesday because of poor field conditions, reducing the series to two games. By losing the last two nights, the Flying Chanclas fell to 1-4 on the road this season.

Runs-hits-errors

San Antonio 1 – 9 – 2
Acadiana 3 – 12 – 1

Please click the link Thursday night’s box score.

Records

San Antonio 4-4
Acadiana 3-5

Coming up

Round Rock at San Antonio, Friday, 7:05 p.m. San Antonio at Round Rock, Saturday, 7:05 p.m. Round Rock at San Antonio, Sunday, 7:05 p.m.

Acadiana Cane Cutters no-hit the Flying Chanclas, 5-0

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Three Acadiana Cane Cutters pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter in front of the home fans Wednesday night in a 5-0 victory over the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio.

Set back by the loss of two injured starters, the Chanclas never got it going against the Cane Cutters, who pulled off the no-no on the strength of efforts by pitchers Brandon Mitchell, Nik Millsap and Hunter Meche.

The Texas Collegiate League game was played at Fabacher Field in Youngsville, Louisiana.

With the victory, the Cane Cutters snapped a four-game losing streak and avenged losing all three games against the Chanclas last weekend in San Antonio. The Chanclas had won four straight.

Mitchell, a left-hander, and Millsap, a righty, grew up in Texas. Mitchell, from Alief-Elsik High School, attends the University of New Orleans. Millsap, from South Lake Carroll, goes to college at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La. Meche, a lefty from Rayne, La., attends LSU-Alexandria.

Mitchell worked 2 and 1/3 innings. In the third, he gave way to Millsap, who pitched 4 and 2/3 innings, striking out three. Meche finished up over the final two innings. The three combined for six walks and eight strikeouts.

The Chanclas had runners at first and second with one out in the ninth against Meche. But the 5-foot-9 lefty settled down, retiring Lee Thomas and Grant Smith both on outfield fly balls to end it.

San Antonio entered the game without their leading hitter, Porter Brown, and their starting third baseman, Conner Shepherd. Brown is out for the season and Shepherd is out for at least a week. Both have finger injuries.

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San Antonio 0 – 0 – 4
Acadiana 5 – 4 – 1

Please click the link for Wednesday night’s box score.

Records

San Antonio 4-3
Acadiana 2-5


Pregame

Forced to make adjustments in the wake of two key injuries, the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio will put a four-game winning streak on the line tonight.

They’re playing the home-standing Acadiana Cane Cutters. Youngsville is located about 10 miles south of Lafayette.

In the wake of injuries to standouts Porter Brown and Conner Shepherd, Chanclas manager John McLaren sent out a lineup card with Leyton Barry starting in left field for Porter Brown, who is out for the season with a broken finger.

Tyler LaRue will start at third base for Conner Shepherd, who is out for at least a week, also with a finger injury.

Brown, leading the Chanclas with a .375 batting average, had been in the top spot in the batting order, with Jordan Thompson hitting second. Tonight, Thompson is leading off with second baseman Johnny Hernandez batting second.

Tuesday night’s series opener between the teams was canceled due to unfavorable field conditions, meaning the teams will play tonight and Thursday night. The Chanclas swept three games from the Cane Cutters last weekend in San Antonio.

Chanclas starters

Jordan Thompson RF
Johnny Hernandez 2B
Ryan Flores 1B
Kyte McDonald CF
Tyler LaRue 3B
Lee Thomas DH
Grant Smith SS
Leyton Barry LF
Nick Wolff C
Austin Krob P

Chanclas sweep homestand, extend winning streak to four

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The Flying Chanclas' Kyte McDonald (right) steals second base in the eighth inning Sunday night at Wolff Stadium. McDonald scored later in the inning. - photo by Joe Alexander

The Flying Chanclas’ Kyte McDonald (right) steals second base in the eighth inning Sunday night at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander

Kyte McDonald sparked a two-run eighth inning with his bat and his daring on the bases, leading the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio to a 6-3 victory over the Acadiana Cane Cutters Sunday night at Wolff Stadium.

For the Chanclas, who won all three on the homestand against Acadiana, it was their fourth straight victory.

Flying Chanclas pitching coach Calvin Schiraldi talks to pitcher Arturo Guajardo after Guajardo threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings Sunday night at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander

Flying Chanclas pitching coach Calvin Schiraldi talks to pitcher Arturo Guajardo after Guajardo threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings Sunday night at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander

McDonald, who attends Mississippi State out of San Antonio’s Antonian High School, paced the Chanclas with two hits and three runs scored.

In the eighth inning, he singled to drive in one run. Then, he stole second base. After also stealing third, a throw from the catcher was wild, allowing McDonald to race home to make it 6-3.

McDonald’s offense backed the bullpen pitching of Arturo Guajardo, Garrett Egli and Johnny Panatex, who combined to hold the Cane Cutters to one run on three hits over the final 5 and 2/3 innings.

Guajardo, entering in relief of starter Lance Lusk, was particularly effective, throwing 2 and 2/3 hitless and scorless innings. The Laredo native, who plays for UTSA, struck out six and walked one.

Panatex, from St. Mary’s University, pitched the last two innings. With a batter at the plate as the potential game-tying run in the ninth, Panatex retired Billy Garrity for the final out.

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Acadiana 3 – 9 – 3
San Antonio 6 – 11 – 2

Please click on the link for the box score of Sunday’s game.

Records

San Antonio 4-2
Acadiana 1-5

Coming up

The Chanclas will have a day off Monday to travel to Louisiana, where they will open a series against Acadiana on Tuesday night.

Surging Flying Chanclas win 12-2 for third straight victory

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Flying Chanclas first baseman Ryan Flores from University of the Incarnate Word hitting his first double of the game against the Cane Cutters on Saturday, July 4, 2020, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander

Flying Chanclas first baseman Ryan Flores, from University of the Incarnate Word, hits his first double against the Acadiana Cane Cutters. – photo by Joe Alexander

After a slow start to the season, the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio have soared to three straight victories.

The Chanclas, behind the hitting of Ryan Flores and the starting pitching of Derek Klosowski, defeated the Acadiana Cane Cutters 12-2 on Saturday night at Wolff Stadium.

Klosowski hurled four shutout innings and Flores smacked a couple of doubles as the Chanclas improved to 2-0 against the Cane Cutters on the homestand and to 3-2 on the season.

Earlier last week, the Chanclas sputtered in their first two games of the Texas Collegiate League season.

In the opener, played on Tuesday at Amarillo, they committed four errors and struck out 14 times in a 9-6 loss to the Sod Squad. On Wednesday night, they fell flat again, losing 1-0 to the Sod Squad while managing only two hits.

Since then, they’ve turned it around completely.

In the first game of the winning streak, they claimed an 11-5 victory at Amarillo on Thursday. Returning home to the Wolff, they downed the Cane Cutters 7-4 on Friday, before they won going away again on Saturday.

Acadiana pitching was generous in walking 12 batters on a night when the ball club celebrated with a post-game, Fourth-of-July fireworks display.

The teams play the finale of the three-game series Sunday.

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Acadiana 2 – 4 – 3
San Antonio 12 – 8 – 1

Please click on the link for Saturday’s box score.

Records

San Antonio 3-2
Acadiana 1-4

Coming up

Acadiana at San Antonio, 7:05 p.m. Sunday

Notable

Flores, from the University of the Incarnate Word, has played in 113 games for the Cardinals in the past three years. The former standout at Corpus Christi Calallen hit .329 as a freshman, .335 as a sophomore and .270 as a junior during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. Klosowski is a 6-1 right-hander who’s on the team at Midland College.

Flying Chanclas starting pitcher Derek Klosowski, a Madison High School graduate, pitched four scorelessy innings against the Cane Cutters on Saturda. - photo by Joe Alexander

Flying Chanclas starting pitcher Derek Klosowski, a Madison High School graduate, pitched four scoreless innings and allowed only one hit. – photo by Joe Alexander

Flying Chanclas rally for 7-4 victory in TCL home opener

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Flying Chanclas reliever Matthew Sesler pitched 3 1/3 scoreless inning and gave up only one hit on Friday, July 3, 2020, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander

Flying Chanclas reliever Matthew Sesler yielded one hit in 3 1/3 scoreless innings for the Flying Chanclas. – photo by Joe Alexander

The Flying Chanclas de San Antonio scored five runs in the fourth inning Friday night and rallied to claim a 7-4 victory over the Acadiana Cane Cutters in their Texas Collegiate League home opener at Wolff Stadium.

Trailing 3-1, the Chanclas started the uprising with one out when Johnny Hernandez walked and moved to second on a Leyton Barry single.

Eric Cervantes followed with another single to load the bases.

At that point, the Cane Cutters slowed the momentum with catcher Marshall Skinner firing to Ethan Lege at third to pick off Hernandez for the second out.

That’s when the Chanclas broke through, with Porter Brown and Jordan Thompson drawing back-to-back walks. Thompson’s free pass forced in Leyton Barry, trimming the Cane Cutters’ lead to 3-2.

On the next play, an error by Lege allowed two runs to score, giving the Chanclas the upper hand at 4-3. Another run came home on a wild pitch, and then Conner Shepherd produced an RBI single for a 6-3 lead.

The series between the Chanclas and Cane Cutters continues with Game 2 on Saturday an Game 3 on Sunday at The Wolff. Both games are at 7:05 p.m.

Runs-hit-errors

Acadiana 4 – 8 – 3
San Antonio 7 – 8 – 1

Please click the link for Friday night’s box score.

Records

San Antonio 2-2
Acadiana 1-3

Flying Chanclas catcher Eric Cervantes doubled and scored San Antonio's first run in the third inning on Friday, July 3, 2020, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander

Flying Chanclas catcher Eric Cervantes doubled and scored San Antonio’s first run in the third inning. – photo by Joe Alexander

Notable

Attendance was announced at 1,080 at Wolff, with fans turning out for the Chanclas’ first home game in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday night, the Chanclas played in Amarillo and erupted for eight runs in the eighth inning, defeating the Sod Squad 11-5. On Friday, they scored a big inning again, scoring five runs in the fourth on three hits, three walks and one error.